Mesilla is located in Grant County, New Mexico at approximately 32.2741, -106.7952.

What is Mesilla associated with?

Documented relationships include: founded_in, had. 4 claims extracted from primary sources.

What sources cite Mesilla?

3 primary sources cite this place, including: money and less law than any other place, and… (1889); Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1889-03-08 (1889); The town of Las Cruces was laid off and… (1889).

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Mesilla place

born: [1850-01-01,1851-01-01)died/dissolved: [1889-01-01,1890-01-01)📍 32.2741, -106.7952🌐 Q3306846id: p_mesilla_ed5e1f

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Summary: Town where the Hon. R. V. Newsham formerly resided.

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Claims (4)

founded_in

1850

cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1889-03-08 (1889)

satisfied. The wife of Thomas Alvillar, of Mesilla, has suddenly disappeared. It is the supposition that she has eloped with another man, her hus- band failing to provide for her support. She did just about the proper thing. From ihe March …

1850

cited from The town of Las Cruces was laid off and… (1889)

The town of Las Cruces was laid off and settled in 1849 and Mesilla in 1850. The Gads- den treaty was signed by the commissioners on the last day of the year 1853, and in the month of May, 1854, the United States took formal possession of …

had

gamblers and desperadoes from California

cited from money and less law than any other place, and… (1889)

money and less law than any other place, and Mesilla became the paradise for gamblers, the greatest number of them coming from Cali- fornia where they had been carried in the bo- nanza wave that swept the country in 1849, all young men of spor…

no extradition laws

cited from money and less law than any other place, and… (1889)